Course will cover large & small scale composting, composting of municipal sewage sludge, compost marketing and product development, anaerobic digestion and bio-methane production. In addition you will learn about legal and economic framework conditions, modern quality management and assurance, odour and hygiene management, as well as the economics, logistics and PR works of smart collection schemes.

A special focus will be on low cost, decentralised composting schemes in cooperation with agricultural farms - the Austrian success story of closing the regional carbon cycle.